Improvement in table-cutlery



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Table-Cutlery.

Piatented Jan. 21, 1873.

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CHARLES MCDONALD, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TABLE-CUTLERY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MODONALD, of Ottawa, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knives or other Table-Cutlery; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a new method of manufacturing handlesfor table-cutlery, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe f its construction, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my handle before the cast metal is run around the same; and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the handle when completed.

The handle is composed of two flat tapering pieces, A and B, of precisely the same size and of the same thickness throughout. In the piece A there is a slot, at, extending from the upper end toward the center for a suitable distance, and in the piece B is a similar slot, I), extendingfrom the lower end upward, and of such length that the two slots at and b are together the same length as the pieces, or rather, as either of them. In the upper end of the piece B is another slot, d, to receive the tang of the knife or fork, as the case may be. The tang is inserted in the groove d, and then the piece A is moved up on the piece B, the grooves a and b entering each other, the two pieces A and B standing at right angles with each other, as shown in Fig. l, forming a cross with four grooves, c 6. Cast metal of any suitable kind is then run in said grooves, filling them and forming the bolster f, as also a solid piece, h, at the end of the handle, the filling of the grooves forming ribs 45 'i, which connect the bolster f with the solid piece It.

The whole thus forms a solid and compact handle, which is both cheap and durable, and presents a neat and tasteful appearance.

The pieces A and B may be made of wood, bone, ivory, glass, or any other desired material.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The pieces A and B, constructed as described, and provided with slots at and I) (1, re spectively, to form a handle {for table-cutlery, substantially as herein set forth.

2. In combination with the pieces A and B, constructed as described, the bolster f, ribs 2' i, and solid piece h, all formed in one piece of cast metal, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES MOD ON ALD.

Witnesses:

E. L. ARMSTRONG, IRA NELsoN. 

